սա

սա

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sa"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սա (sa).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [sɑ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [sɑ]

Pronoun

սա • (sa)

1. this

   Synonym: էսի (ēsi) – dialectal

Usage notes

այս (ays) and սա form a pronoun-determiner pair. See այս (ays) for more details.

Declension

    declension of սա   (Eastern Armenian)

	singular
nominative	սա (sa)
genitive	սրա (sra)
dative	սրան (sran)
accusative	սրան (sran)
ablative	սրանից (sranicʿ)
instrumental	սրանով (sranov)
locative	սրանում (sranum)

See also

• այս (ays)
• դա (da)
• նա (na)

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• սայ (say)
• սէ (sē) (feminine form invented by the Hellenizing School)

Etymology

From *սո- (*so-).

Pronoun

սա • (sa)

1. (demonstrative) this

   սոյն սա ― soyn sa ― this one

   սա է ― sa ē ― that is to say

   սա աւասիկ ― sa awasik ― however, yet, still

Declension

pronominal

	singular		plural
nominative	սա (sa)		սոքա (sokʿa)
genitive	սորա (sora)		սոցա (socʿa)
dative	սմա (sma)		սոցա (socʿa)
accusative	սա (sa)		սոսա (sosa)
ablative	սմանէ (smanē)		սոցանէ (socʿanē)
instrumental	սովաւ (sovaw)		սոքօք = սոքաւք (sokʿōkʿ = sokʿawkʿ)
locative	սմա (sma)		սոսա (sosa)
these are also written as սայ (say), սորայ (soray), սոքայ (sokʿay), սոցայ (socʿay), սմայ (smay), etc., when used with a deictic suffix; a plural nominative սայք (saykʿ) and plural genitive/dative սայց (saycʿ) where invented by Hellenophile authors

Synonyms

• այս (ays), սոյն (soyn)

Descendants

• Armenian: սա (sa)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “սա”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “սա”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սա”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press